European Leveraged Finance

Cahill’s London-based practice advises global financial institutions, companies, and sponsors and their affiliated funds on European and cross-border transactions as well as US transactions for Europe-based companies.

"The exceptional Jeremy Duffy brings a wealth of knowledge to any transaction he works on." - The Legal 500 UK, Acquisition Finance

"Jeremy is very commercial, pragmatic, sensible, he cuts through complexity and he gets things done." - Chambers UK, Leveraged Finance: Big Ticket

"Jeremy is our go-to lawyer for larger and more complex deals.... He is unmatched in responsiveness and commercial pragmatism." - Chambers Global, Banking & Finance

With our London office opening in 2000, Cahill has advised clients in Europe for nearly a century on some of the most complex, high-profile and ground-breaking transactional matters, often spanning multiple jurisdictions.

Our London practice is built upon decades of English law lending and New York law capital markets and lending experience, advising clients on sophisticated transactions spanning leveraged finance including broadly syndicated loans and private credit, investment grade finance and securities, high-yield securities and restructurings.

Cahill’s global team has been ranked #1 or 2 legal adviser to underwriters of U.S. high yield bond offerings by volume each year since 2005 and as #1 legal adviser to lead arrangers of U.S. leveraged loans each year since 2010 (Bloomberg, Refinitiv Loan Connector) For two consecutive years, Cahill has been named a Practice Group of the Year by Law360 for its work globally across leveraged finance and private credit.

Broadly Syndicated Loans

Ranked by Chambers UK, Chambers Europe, Chambers Global and The Legal 500 UK, members of our London team have extensive experience acting for lenders, sponsors and companies across the capital structure on European leveraged finance transactions, including cross-border financings. Our clients include the market’s most prominent international banking institutions as well as institutional investors. To learn more about Cahill’s market leading banking and finance practice, click here.

Private Credit

Cahill’s London team is a leader in the private credit markets, representing top-tier firms in the private debt space as well as the funds of global investment banks, CLOs, BDCs, mezzanine and structured equity funds.

Cahill’s position as the leading adviser to banks in leveraged lending produces tangible benefits for its private credit clients as continuously evolving market terms for private credit and structured equity investments often originate in the large cap leveraged financing and high-yield markets. To learn more about Cahill’s private credit practice, click here.

Capital Markets

Our London team advises investment banking firms, commercial banks, and public and private companies on a broad range of debt capital markets instruments, from investment grade to secured and unsecured high-yield debt offerings. To learn more about Cahill’s capital markets practice, click here.

Digital Infrastructure Finance 

Cahill’s London team has extensive experience advising lenders, sponsors, and internationally active developers and operators on sophisticated data center transactions across EMEA. Our cross-practice team advises clients as they navigate complex financing strategies. With deeply experienced practitioners in EMEA and U.S. markets, Cahill helps clients capture opportunities driven by cloud proliferation and the accelerating adoption of generative AI technologies – by delivering customized financing structures for large-scale development, expansion, and digital infrastructure projects. The team specializes in data center financings and has advised on a wide range of market leading projects including borrowing base facilities, development financings, portfolio financings of stabilized assets, landbanking facilities, holdco financings and equity bridge loans. To learn more about Cahill’s Digital Infrastructure Finance practice, click here.

Real Estate Finance

Cahill’s London-based real estate finance practice advises lenders, sponsors, and investors on the full spectrum of real estate debt transactions across EMEA. Our team combines practical insights with technical financing experience to deliver efficient, commercial, and solutions-focused counsel on matters ranging from single-asset loans to complex, multi-jurisdictional transactions.​

Our team advises on investment and development financings across major asset classes, including office, retail, industrial, digital infrastructure and data centers, hotels, mixed-use developments, and prime residential.

Restructuring

Cahill’s team partners with clients to address the challenges associated with financially distressed businesses through commercially focused, results-oriented strategies. Drawing on the firm’s strengths across finance, high-yield, and litigation, among other practice areas, we deliver practical legal solutions and coordinated, top-tier counsel designed to help clients anticipate and manage complex legal risks. To learn more about Cahill’s Bankruptcy and Restructuring practice, click here.